New publicity stills from the first of three — yes, three — Hobbit movies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, have been leaked. These are going to be published in an 2013 annual for the first film. But let’s be honest. The only reason we’re posting these is because Thranduil, the Elvenking of the Wood Elves and the father of Legolas, is looking three-snaps-in-a-Z-formation fierce.

The text accompanying the picture promises he “knows how to throw a party.” Pfft, like they even needed to say it. Just look at that elf. Of course he knows how to throw a party. Lee Pace seems to be positively channeling his character from Soldier’s Girl. There’s a reason I kept accidentally typing Thranduil as Tranduil in the first draft of this post. And that reason is because Lee Pace is fabulous.

There are some other pictures below, we guess. They aren’t going to top Thranduil (unless he asks nicely). All pictures courtesy of BexlinJ (via Comic Book Movie) and Ginger Haze.

When Tolkien describes the elves in his books, its always romanticized to a weird, latent homosexual manner. Maybe it was his writing style or maybe he really wanted to plow some elven tail but seriously, kind of homoerotic.

Yeah, I’m not sure about the crown either … but other than that, he looks like an Elf in the PJ interpretation, so that’s fine? And as for the dwarves … I guess some of them are there for the audience to relate to (Thorin, for instance), and others are there for comic relief. The Hobbit’s still a children’s book, some of that aesthetic had to stick, I guess. Looks like they’re moving away from that as much as possible anyway, which tbh I’m glad of. So I’m not complaining.

1. noone can insult how those dwarfs look, or how they act. they are amazing! 2. alot of the dwarfs, if you’ve noticed are mentioned in the lord of the ring. gloin, gimli’s father, balwin, gimli’s cousin, and a frend to bilbo, that frodo met on occasion, and then ther’s thorin, who later died, and was mentioned by gandalf. they are all really cool, and BA.